Saturday, December 20, 2025

#Vanchiyoor in #Trivandrum is hell

 

Fourth day without water supply.


Unable to participate in #vss365 due to the mental and physical turmoil. 


Sorry.


1/3


#Kerala might be #GodsOwnCountry.


But, the gods here aren't bothered about #CasteDiscrimination.


The gods here won't give the basic human right- #Water - to all!


2/3


If one doesn't belong to the majority in an area, one ceases to exist.


#Vanchiyoor in #Trivandrum is hell for this backward caste family.


3/3


Thursday, December 18, 2025

from 'The Other'

 

Dr.: Do you #regret it's over?


Me: Doc, it was over before I married.


Dr.: It's natural for your wife to feel a bit jittery, no?


Me: For her, not even a memory should exist. 


Dr.: It won’t hurt anyone, will it...if you erase that part?


Me: You sound like her, doc. 


#vss365


from


https://newnonentities.blogspot.com/2010/09/other.html


Wednesday, December 17, 2025

from 'This Year's Trip'

 

After 20 years, she got this letter:


"My dear daughter, I have been to a doctor. It seems I am losing my #memory. I would like to meet you. Could you please come to this address? Your loving Appa."


#vss365


from my 2-part short story 'This Year's Trip':


https://justoneavatar.blogspot.com/2018/12/this-years-trip-part-1.html


Monday, December 15, 2025

boho/bozo

 

Tried a #boho life.

Love, needs and desires changed that. 

The end: a bozo.


#vss365

#haiku #senryu ?


Sunday, December 14, 2025

dead-n-dead-n

 

Today evening, I was with a group of old schoolmates. 


Escaped, after 30 minutes, from the #monotonous talk of company that's better off without me. 


The silence of loneliness is not better but I am fine with  the company of ghosts that say dead-n-dead-n...


#truestory

#vss365



Saturday, December 13, 2025

way back in January 2026

 

Way back in Jan 2026, we had the #apogee of existential angst of teenagers.


Banned from social media, they roamed like zombies.


That coincided with the start of the In-flu serial killer pandemic.


Someone or something killed influencers. Even those with 100 followers.


#vss365


How many times have I killed myself?

 

How many times have I killed myself?

Not to be a memory lost,

Not to have a #successor,

Not to fear loss,

Not to feel love,

Not even a question.

It's lonely in one's grave,

With the company 

Of all those me's,

Including the one who knew you

When time meant something.


#vss365


Thursday, December 11, 2025

Dreams can't be illicit

 

"In my dreams, I see her with me."


"Who?"


"My first love. My only love."


"Weren't you two kids then?"


"So?"


"Do you see her as a kid in your dreams?"


"Of course."


"In your dreams, are you the kid you were or the dirty old man you are?"


"Dreams can't be #illicit."


#vss365


Saturday, December 6, 2025

augury

 

Love letters without that word,

Forbidden affair that was open,

A climax before the play began,


A postprandial fantasy 

We thought we would share

With kids and grandkids,


But that was before the whisper 

Of tender care became the #augury 

Of a night that is endless.


#vss365



Friday, December 5, 2025

KO

 

You look #chic, she said,

What do you want, chick, I growled.

Her left hook said rest.


#vss365

#haiku #senryu (definitely not!)


Monday, December 1, 2025

status anxiety

 

At a reunion/On social media.

They are #suave and accomplished.

Status anxiety.


#vss365

#haiku #senryu ?